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Covid denier

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Jollytealswan · 28/03/2026 21:03

Normal ish person here. Bit left wing and feminist. Started talking to a chap on dating app who early on said something about vaccines that made me wonder if I had misheard him. Turns out he is a full blown fruitloop. Covid denier. Anti vaccines. Medicine will kill you. The WHO are planning to cull populations with vaccines. Chem trails. Reading anti semitic anti feminist and book burning type activists.
What the fudge? How did i end up here? I get that people are entitled to their own opinions but cannot do with this. Am I being unreasonable to say conspiracy theorists are just wrong and unhinged?

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StormyLandCloud · 29/03/2026 08:59

Perhaps invite him to a date at the edge of the earth … you’ll meet him there, then block

x2boys · 29/03/2026 09:09

Jumpingthruhoops · 28/03/2026 23:47

Respectfully, if she was, as you say, 'on the frontline' and reckons it was 'man-made', why do you assume to know better than she does?

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Respectfully why would one random nurse know better than all the experts around the world 🤔

OriginalSkang · 29/03/2026 09:12

I see lots of out and proud anti vaxers on dating apps

Moros · 29/03/2026 09:13

Jumpingthruhoops · 28/03/2026 23:47

Respectfully, if she was, as you say, 'on the frontline' and reckons it was 'man-made', why do you assume to know better than she does?

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Do front line nurses have the skills and access to equipment to sequence the genes in the virus and then compare the results to see if it was natural genetic drift or something else? If not, how do you suggest one can find out if it's "man made"?

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Jollytealswan · 29/03/2026 17:38

NFPorterkeeponkeepingonNsoul · 28/03/2026 22:10

I'm sure Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend aren't planning a cull on the human race.
The Who.
Jokes aside he's a nut.

When he said there was something serious to.worry about .....the WHO i was really hoping they were doing a come back tour

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Jollytealswan · 29/03/2026 17:39

I did say Pete Townsend and Roger Daltry?

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Jollytealswan · 29/03/2026 17:48

5128gap · 28/03/2026 22:10

Since we decided that 'we're all entitled to our opinions' it's been a slippery slope. I remember the days when if you voiced an opinion that made you sound like an uneducated lunatic, you'd be told pretty sharpish and would think twice about airing it again. Now nobody has to leave their basement to find like minded lunatics to egg them on, and normal people have been persuaded that we should respect other people's opinions, so they don't put them straight either.

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There is always someone online who will agree with you. I tend to look at sources ans what else they have said online. One source said she was anti feminist which was weird as without feminism she wouldn't be out there posting. Feels a but like a turkey campaigning for Christmas dinner. I was waiting for " the moon landing was a hoax".

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5128gap · 29/03/2026 18:28

Jollytealswan · 29/03/2026 17:48

There is always someone online who will agree with you. I tend to look at sources ans what else they have said online. One source said she was anti feminist which was weird as without feminism she wouldn't be out there posting. Feels a but like a turkey campaigning for Christmas dinner. I was waiting for " the moon landing was a hoax".

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Exactly. And as a pp pointed out, once you start searching things about your niche views, you get bombarded with affirming content.

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